Recycling trash can

ABSTRACT

A recycling trash can includes a body, a top open end and a bottom open end. The body is made of cardboard and provided with a closed side wall and having multiple longitudinal seams and latitudinal seams formed on an outer periphery of the body to allow the body to be folded to be compact. The bottom open end has multiple bends formed on a peripheral edge of the bottom open end and each bend being separated from one another via a gap defined between two adjacent bends. Each bend is attachable to an adjacent bend via an adhesive agent applied to each of the bends.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a trash can, and more particularly to arecycling trash can made of paper and having therein multiple plasticbags superposed on top of each other such that the user is able to useone plastic bag at a time for containing waste and eventually the lastplastic bag together with the trash can be disposed together.

2. Description of Related Art

Normally, a trash can is made of either metal or plastic and most of thetime, a plastic bag is placed inside the trash can so that the interiorof the can does not become contaminated by the waste. These trash cansdo have the ability to meet all kinds of requirements concerningdisposing waste though due to their fixed dimension and being notdecomposed, users often find it hard to dispose of the used trash cans.Furthermore, every time a plastic bag is full and is taken away from thetrash can for disposition, a new plastic bag has to be placed inside thetrash can, which is quite troublesome.

To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide animproved recycling trash can to mitigate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a recyclingtrash can made of cardboard paper such that when not in use, the trashcan of the present invention is able to be folded to reduce storagespace and when in use, the trash can of the present invention is able tostand by itself without any additional assistance.

In one aspect of the present invention, multiple plastic bags are placedinside the recycling can so that a new plastic bag is always ready foruse after one is removed for disposal.

In order to accomplish the objective, the recycling trash can of thepresent invention has a substantially cylindrical body and two openends, a top open end and a bottom end. The body is provided withmultiple longitudinal and latitudinal seams so that the trash can isable to be folded according to the longitudinal seams to reduce storagespace when not in use and the bottom end is able to be folded accordingto the latitudinal seams to form a base by which the trash can may bestood upright. Multiple plastic bags are received inside the body andare superposed on top of each other so that a new plastic bag is alwaysready for use everytime a plastic bag is removed from the trash can.

Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention willbecome more apparent from the following detailed description when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the trash can of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing that plasticbags are superposed on top of each other;

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C are schematic side plan views showing the steps ofexpanding the trash can of the present invention;

FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are schematic perspective views showing differentembodiments of the trash can of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIG. 1, it is noted that the trash can (1) inaccordance with the present invention includes a substantiallycylindrical body (10) with two open ends, i.e., a top open end and abottom open end. Multiple longitudinal seams (101) and multiplelatitudinal seams (102) are formed on an outer periphery of thecylindrical body (10).

With reference to FIG. 2, multiple plastic bags (20) are to be receivedin the cylindrical body (10). The plastic bags (20) are stacked on topof each other and each has two opposite ears (21) extending from a topperiphery of an open end of the plastic bag (20) and a base (22).Therefore, after the plastic bags (20) are superposed on top of eachother, a storage space required for the plastic bags (20) is small.

With reference to FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C, the bottom open end of therespective cylindrical body (10) is provided with bends (12) spacedapart from each other via a gap (121). The user is able to use some ofthe longitudinal seams (101) to fold the trash can (1) of the presentinvention. Thereafter, when the trash can (1) of the present inventionis not in use, a storage space required for the trash can is diminished.Furthermore, an adhesive agent (13) with a releasing element attached tothe adhesive agent (13) is applied to the bends (12) such that aftergradually expanding the trash can (1) of the present invention (as shownin FIGS. 3A and 3B), the user is able to use the adhesive agent (13) tosecure engagement between two adjacent bends (12) so as to form a baseof the trash can (1). Then after the trash can (1) of the presentinvention is able to stand by itself, the plastic bags (20) are placedinside the cylindrical body (10) of the trash can (1) to be ready forcontaining therein waste. It is to be noted that the two opposite ears(21) of the plastic bags (20) can be tied into a knot (as shown in thedashed lines in FIG. 3C) for easy carrying of the plastic bag (20) afterthe plastic bag (20) is full of waste.

With reference to FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7, due to the trash can (1) beingmade of cardboard, the body (10) of the trash can (1) of the presentinvention may be configured into triangular, rectangular, pentagonal,hexagonal or circular forms in cross section.

From the above description, it is noted that the trash can of thepresent invention has the following advantages:

1. Minimum Storage Space

Due to the formation of the longitudinal and latitudinal seams (101,102)on the outer periphery of the body (10), the trash can (10) may befolded to have a compact dimension so that a required storage space issmall.

2. Recycling

Due to the material of the trash can (1), the trash can (1) of thepresent invention is able to be recycled such that the environment isprotected from contamination.

3. Portable

After having been folded into a compact dimension, the user may easilycarry the trash can to wherever necessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though numerouscharacteristics and advantages of the present invention have been setforth in the foregoing description, together with details of thestructure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrativeonly, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape,size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention tothe full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms inwhich the appended claims are expressed.

1. A recycling trash can comprising: a body made of cardboard andprovided with a closed side wall and having multiple longitudinal seamsand latitudinal seams formed on an outer periphery of the body to allowthe body to be folded to be compact, the body being able to be foldedinto various shapes via the longitudinal seams and latitudinal seams; atop open end defined in a top side of the body; and a bottom open enddefined in a bottom side of the body to communicate with the top openend and having multiple bends formed on a peripheral edge of the bottomopen end, each bend being separated from one another via a gap definedbetween two adjacent bends and each bend being attachable to an adjacentbend via an adhesive agent applied to each of the bends.
 2. The trashcan as claimed in claim 1 further comprising multiple plastic bagsreceived inside the body and each plastic bag having two opposite earsto be tied into a knot after the plastic bag is full of waste.
 3. Thetrash can as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is of a shape selectedfrom the group consisting essentially of triangular, rectangular,pentagonal, hexagonal and circular forms.
 4. The trash can as claimed inclaim 2, wherein the body is of a shape selected from the groupconsisting essentially of triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonaland circular forms.